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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 11:39pm | IP Logged

Hi everyone

I have just joined the site after a lovely friend of mine discovered it while searching the web for SPD info for me, as been a little down this week with it all as doc told me on Monday not to have a second baby.  Just been reading through some of the posts re SPD, I wouldn't wish this on anyone, but it is reassuring there are others out there suffering sometime after their baby has been born and I'm not imagining it.  Jessica is now 18 months and it's still quite bad (it started at 6 weeks in the sacrolliac joints and by 11 I had the pubic pain and it just got worse from there), which is a bit of a shock as expected it to clear up after she was born as that's what everyone kept telling me and what I kept reading.

Anyway enough of my moans.  Just wanted to say hi to everyone and not sure what else to write as never been on anything like this before.

Jo

Posted: 14 March 2008 at 12:05am | IP Logged

Hi Jo - I sympathise completely! I too am a fellow SPD sufferer. My son is now 3. I am, however, getting treatment now which is helping me loads.

I will speak to you about it in more detail soon as am currently in mophine induced haze!

My name in Maddy btw - welcome to madmums!

Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:49am | IP Logged

Awww hi Jo,

Big soft gentle hugs hun and welcome to madmums.....  spd, is not something thats easy to get your head around expecially when it lingers so long after pregnancy. I too have SPD and my son is soon to be 2. 

About me: I'm Tsena and i live in cambridgeshire with my dp and my 2 boys. (soon to be 7yrs and 2yrs)..... i had this with my first pg but it was undiagnosed and was only diagnosed during my second one after a change in hosptial care.

I am trialing prolotherapy at the moment which is injected in the the symphsis pubis and the joints at the back to irritate the ligaments but in the long run making them stronger and less floppy like a over stretched piece of chewing gum.

What sort of treatment/care have you recieve so far in your battle for recovery?

Look forward to chatting some more soon.... take care.

Posted: 14 March 2008 at 11:30am | IP Logged

Hi I'm Kim, mum to Rebecca 13, Ruthie 11 and Cameron 4. I'm also pg with No. 4. I've suffered from SPD since I was pg with Ruthie - I ended up being induced early because of it. Unfortunately mine has never gone away totally - although it does have periods where it isn't as bad. They did advise that I shouldn't have any more children after Ruthie - and I never planned to - Cameron was a lovely surprise...as is this one .

A big welcome to the site. You will get lots of support here.

xxx

Posted: 14 March 2008 at 11:58pm | IP Logged

Hiya hun,

I'm Jen and I too am a fellow SPD sufferer and I have been for the past 7 1/2yrs now.. I'm currently recovering from a huge operation to plate the front and put screws in my SI joints and so far, the early signs are really positive..  Like a few said before, there are few of us on here so we really do understand how difficult & painful this condition can be.. if you ever need to talk, moan, cry or laugh - we're here! 

I have two kiddies, Caitlin who's 7 (nrly 8) and Megan who's 5 going on 55. We all live in Scotland with my wonderful, patient and understanding hubby Steven.. I really don;t know what I'd have done without him over the past few years.. (but then again, if I hadn't met hime I might not be in this state in the first place - lol)

Take care hun and I'll see you around..

Jen

Posted: 15 March 2008 at 2:33am | IP Logged

You're all so nice!  Thanks for making me feel welcome and telling me about yourselves.  Just had a much needed girls night out at a local resturant and they had a Tom Jones act on.  Who was brillant, if you didn't look at him you'd have thought it was the man himself, but I have never laughed so much.  There were quite a few ladies a little worse for wear throwing knickers at him and dancing.... well I'll leave it to your imagination!  But I forgot to take my speacial cushion I got from the chiropractor and boy do I know it!  So just sitting with an ice pack on before I go to bed, as can't tgake any painkillers as had a couple of sherbets, and thought I'd have a quick look and was surprised to see so your lovely messages so soon, nicely surpirsed by the way.

My treatment started very early in my preganacny as had a lower back problem due to car accident many years ago so was already seeing a chiropractor who specailises in SOT (which is the treatment of muscles andligaments rather than the cracking of bones).  I was 6 months between appointments before I got pregnant so it was more a check up appoitment, anyway I collapsed in work at 6 weeks pregnant and lost the use of my legs for the day, which was great fun!  So saw Nick (the chiroprator) a few days later and ended up seeing him weekly, or even twice a week sometimes.  By 11 weeks they said defo SPD and GP referred me to local hospital to see physio, saw 5 different physios over the course of my prgnancy and each told me a different story!  So kept seeing Nick and I swear he got me thorugh.  I did end up on crutches and in hnd sight I should have had a wheelchair as I was dragging my feet towards the end.  Physio also sent me away with 3 feet of tubey grip to wear saying there was nothing they could do for me after I had had Jessica, so back to Nick, who was not impressed to say the least.  Midwife care was not great and I kind of slipped through the net and only afterwards found out what help I could have had from local charity.  I have seen a back specialist who said all he can do is pin everything back together, but he would'nt has can't be sure it would work and what my recovery would be as I'm such a mess.  He referred me to the pain management clinic and I now have an appoinment for 2 May to have injection under local anethestic in both sacrolilac joints and periformis muscle (oh yes the support belt I had t help with walking caused a problem with my siactic and I had to stop wearing it) consultant thinks it is periformis causing the siactic.  I can decide on the day if I want to have the injection in the syn. pubis, as he said it can make the SPD worse!  So not sure what to do there.  Not really wanting to go in for the injections as such a coward with needles!  Also have painkillers to take as required but can't take anti inflamorties, due to stomach problems, and the good old ice pack!

OMG! just looked back at the length of my post!  So sorry girls.  Just a little about me rather than the SPD.  I live in Surrey with my wonderful and very patient husband Nick, yes another one!  And to really confuse matters the chiropractors wife is also Jo. Jessica is our first little un and was born in Sept 2006.  She is a complete nutter but so much fun and very cheeky!  We are both from the north west and have put our house on the market so we can move to be closer to my family as it seems the SPD is not going away anytime soon and we need the help as we have no family down here, although my friends have been great and I will really miss it down here, but that's another story.

Jen - your op sounds so painful.  I really hope it works for you.

Take care all.

Jo x

p.s. sorry if the spelling is bad, very tired and in pain!

Posted: 15 March 2008 at 8:46am | IP Logged

Hi Jo and a very warm welcome to Madmums!

Im Nikki, mam to Lewis, who will be 3 next month, married to Kev and we live in Durham.

Hope to chat to you soon xxxx

Posted: 15 March 2008 at 9:36am | IP Logged

Hello Jo,

I am so sorry you never recieved much support off the midwives etc, i know that feeling all to well, i too had SPD, during both of my pregnancies and i never got any understanding or "care" regarding the condition. I switched hospitals during my son's pregnancy and they wanted to induce him as the SPD was too severe, i had been pushing for induction for a while with the other hospital but they didn't recognise SPD as a worthy reason! I didn't need the induction anyway, but i was so pleased to have had a hospital that had my best interests at heart. Fortunately i recovered quite well following the delivery of my son, the delivery of my daughter was horrendous, i was put in stirrops with SPD and i never recovered well, got pregnant 4 months after and had SPD the whole time

I only occasionally get SPD pain now, and i hope that all of you SPD sufferers can experience that feeling too. I was lucky!

We are all here for your support!

BTW I am Sam, mum to megan (3 next month) and Liam (2 in june), we live in the west midlands with my hubby (kids daddy) Andy!